Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has criticised Spain's media and said the press focus too much on video assistant referee controversies rather than serious issues like Catalan "political prisoners" on trial.
VAR was again a topic of discussion on Wednesday as Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu to advance to the Copa del Rey final, winning their semi-final clash 4-1 on aggregate.
Pique spoke to the media after the victory and appealed for more coverage of issues he considers far graver:
"If Spanish TV spent more time covering the trial of the political prisoners, which is super unjust, so the people of Spain could see a little more of what's going on, instead of talking about VAR, maybe the country would be doing a little better.